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Publish your GTFS feed data

To make your general transit feed specification (GTFS) feed available to Google, we recommend that you publish it on the web. Google periodically fetches your transit data from this web location to ensure that Google Maps has your most up-to-date feed information. You can also manually upload your feed data.

How to set up a publishing option

There are several locations where you can publish your feed on the web. Choose from the options below:

Rented hosting from an FTP provider: Host your feed through rented FTP space. To find a provider, do a Google search for "FTP hosting service."

Google Drive: Publish your feed on Google Drive. Once you save the URL of your feed data ZIP file to the Transit partner dashboard, we email you to request access permission.

Manual upload via Transit partner dashboard: As a last resort, use the manual uploading option in the Transit partner dashboard. We don’t recommend this option, as it often leads to stale data for users.

After you set up your fetch URL, you can start an immediate data fetch at any time. When you do this for the first time and receive confirmation that your feed was successfully processed, contact your Google team to let them know that you're ready for a private preview.